Words that come from Vulgar Latin “fallire”

76 words across 21 languages descend from Vulgar Latin fallire — including failure, fail, failing, unfailing, faux, failover, unfailingly, faileth.

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English (27)

French (13)

Norwegian Nynorsk (6)

Old French (5)

Catalan (3)

Italian (2)

Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Greek (2)

Anglo-Norman (2)

Maltese (1)

Middle French (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Estonian (1)

Japanese (1)

German (1)

Norman (1)

Portuguese (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle High German (1)